Digital BW, The Print

On 12/01/2011 01:01 PM, Stephen Petegorsky wrote:

> Since I work in museums frequently, I have had the opportunity to ask
> preparators what lamps they favor, and they often tell me that they
> use 3500 K lighting in the galleries.  By the time these lamps are
> dimmed to light levels deemed not a threat to the longevity of prints
> and other works on display, the ambient light temperature in the
> galleries is really about 2800 K.

> Stephen Petegorsky


The same experience here with musea lamps and they are often dimmed to 
50 Lux on the art which means that one should consider the Kruithof 
curve too in viewing. For fascimili  I have a halogen lamp dimmed to 
that level to compare color samples with the proofs. Softproofs have no 
function then.


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